Window-shade bracket.



No. 884,274. PATENTED APR. 7, 19'08".

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21. 1906.

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FREDERICK HANNEMANN, OF GREAT FALLS, MONTANA.

WINDOW-SHADE BRACKET.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented April '7, 1908.

Application filed November 21, 1906. Serial No. 344,494.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK HANNE- MANN, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Great Falls, in the county of Cascade andState of Montana, have invented new and useful Improvements inVVindow-Shade Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in window shade brackets, and isdesigned to provide a simple and inexpensive construction of bracketwhich is adjustable for use in connection with shade rollers of diierentlengths, thus obviating the necessity of removing and replacing thebrackets upon the window frame and thus mutilating the frame in theapplication at different times of shades of dierent widths.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a windowshade bracket embodying my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are end views of thecompanion brackets employed to support the shade roller.

The brackets are employed in pairs in the usual manner and are similarin construction, except that they are respectively adapted to receiveand su port the journal at one end of the roller an the angular end ofthe spring shaft at the opposite end of the roller. Each bracketcomprises a body or base plate 1, which is com aratively long and narrowand is formed wit any desired number and arrangement of openings 2 toreceive screws or like fastenings to fasten the same to the window frameor casing, the openings being countersunk to allow the heads of thefastenings to lie lush with the outer surface of the plate.

Upon the outer surface of the base plate is arranged a bracket plate 3which is coextensive in length therewith but of somewhat less width, theu per and lower longitudinal edges of the fiase plate being formed withdovetailed flanges 4 forming guides for the beveled or inclined sideedges 5 of the bracket plate, which is thus fitted to slidelongitudinally on the base plate and is held from outward movement ordisplacement by the guide lianges. Y

Threaded o enings 5a and 5b are formed in the body of t e bracket atequal distances from the op osite ends thereof and are adapted to'intero angeably receive a set screw 6,

designed to impinge against the base plate to secure the bracket platein any` position along the length of the same to which it may beadjusted.

Projecting outwardly from one of the ends of the bracket plate is abracket arm 7 or 7 a, accordingly as the bracket is designed to supportthe journal of the roll or angular end of t e spring shaft.. The arm isarranged at right angles to the plate and is integral therewith. Asshown, the arm 7 is formed at its outer end with an approximatelyrounded head 7l having an opening 8 providing a circular bearing for therounded end of the roll journal, while the arm 7a is rovided with anapproximately rounded hea 9, having on opposite sides downwardlyinclined notches 9 and 9a for the reception of the angular end of thespring shaft of the roll. The purpose of this arrangement of the notcheswill be hereinafter explained..

In practice, the brackets are secured to the opposite jambs or sides ofthe window casing in ahorizontal position and the bracket plates 3arranged for adjustment transversely of said jambs and toward and fromthe inner faces thereof, the bracket arms being disposed at the innerends of the brackets to support the shade roll, as will be readilyunderstood. The base plates may be allowed to remain as stationaryiixtures, as it will be apparent that the adjustability of the bracketplates will allow them to be positioned to receive the rolls of windowshades varying materially in width. Preferably the base and bracketplates have a length of from three to four inches, thus enabling anextreme adjustment of from six to eight inches in the distance betweenthe pair of brackets to be secured. This may be increased by reversingthe bracket plates end for end; in other words, turning the bracketplates around so that the bracket arms will be dis osed at the outerinstead of the inner ends t ereof. so arranged as to properly receivethe journal of the roll in either of its working ositions, while the twonotches 9 and 9EL on t e arm 7a adapts the bracket carrying said arm tobe reversed end for end so that one or the other of the notches willproject 'upwardly to receive the angular end of the spring shaft.

It will be observed that the described The arm 7 has the opening 8arrangement of the openings 5a and 5b permits the screw 6 to be engagedwith the opening 5a when the armed end of the bracket is outward andwith the opening 5b when the armed end of the bracket is inward, so thatthat end of the bracket which is turned outward may be projected anydistance beyond the base plate Without liability of the screw riding offsaid plate.

A shade bracket constructed in accordance with my invention will befound oi` material advantage for use in tenements and apartment houseswhere there is a more or less frequent change of tenants. As a generalthing, the tenants supply their own window shades, which may vary to agreat extent in width, thus requiring the removal and replacing of theordinary shade brackets with a consequent mutilation of the window framefrom the extraction and reapplicationof the fastening screws or nails.My invention ell'ectually prevents this mutilation, as the constructiondescribed permits of the adjustment of the brackets within a sufiicientrange to accommodate shades of all ordinary widths.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

A window shade holder comprising base plates with opposite side edgeguideways open at bot-h ends, bracket plates with beveled opposite sideedges movably mounted in said guideways, said bracket plateseach havingscrew threaded openings near their opposite ends arranged in alinementwith each other to permit of the bracket plates being reversed in eitherend of the base plates, binding screws for said openings to hold thebracket plates to their proper adjustment,

said bracket plates having integral arms v.

provided with enlarged approximately rounded heads, one of said headshaving a circular opening and the other head having on opposite sidesinclined squared notches, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I a'HiX' my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

FREDERICK HANNEMANN.

Witnesses:

HOWARD S. GREENE, A. MAURER.

